Hints and tips:
...Brian Reading, Lombard Street Research: Unemployment will soar, cause and effect of the triple dip....
...Julian LeGrand, LSE: They are much too high in London....
...Julian LeGrand, LSE: Quite a lot – I think it might be quite difficult to negotiate the appropriate trade arrangements Ruth Lea, Arbuthnot Banking Group: I am a strong supporter of Britain’s leaving the...
...Julian LeGrand, LSE: A low chance of economic recovery; and not sure if it’ll be sustained it does occur....
...Brian Hilliard, Société Générale: His plan is likely to slip a little further....
...Brian Hilliard, Société Générale: The euro area should continue to exist in its current form in 2012. The UK has very limited ability to insulate itself from a eurozone shock....
...Julian LeGrand, LSE I am slightly sceptical as to whether the public expenditure cuts will occur – or at least as to whether they will be as draconian as predicted....
...Brian Hilliard, Société Générale The strength of recent growth exaggerates the state of underlying momentum....
...Julian Legrand, LSE Last year I was worried about inflation, and that worry was born out by events....
...Brian Hilliard, Societe Generale No, they are not. Affordability is still poor....
...Julian LeGrand, London School of Economics Yes, growth will resume at higher levels....
...Julian LeGrand, London School of Economics In previous recession, poverty and relative inequality fell....
...Brian Hilliard, Société Générale Consolidation should not start until 2011. Start with a 1 per cent of GDP cut in year 1 and then 2 per cent in year 2....
...Julian LeGrand, London School of Economics It is not an illusion that Britain’s GNP increased by 50 per cent since 1997....
...Julian LeGrand, London School of Economics One big risk: quite considerable inflation in two years or so. Quantitative easing has been effective so far, but now needs to “ease off”....
...more worrying is a new twist in the damages claim against the Commission brought by Schneider, the French electrical equipment group, over its decision to block a €5.4bn ($7bn) merger with domestic rival Legrand...
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